Lucknow,

27 Feb (HS): Mastek (UK) Limited, a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of Mastek Limited

(NSE: MASTEK; BSE: 523704), a trusted AI-first, digital engineering, and cloud

transformation partner, today announced that it has secured a five-year

(inclusive of two optional years) Engineering, Integration, and product development

contract with the Home Office, with an overall budget of circa £49m/$67m+.

Delivering to Policing, Forensics, Justice, Migration and Borders Policy, the

engagement provides managedspecialist engineering and cloud platform services

to the Home Office.

Mastek

will help Home Office in supporting, maintaining, and enhancing their flagship

Biometrics Services Gateway (BSG) and National DNA Database (NDNAD) systems.

These systems and services will enable Passports, Visa, Study and Asylum

routes, DNA Search and Match Caseworking, and its enforcement operations to

name a few. The service aims to enable the Home Office Biometrics Programme in

delivering its responsibility to provide biometrics-related services to users

in the Home Office and Policing, as well as more widely in the UK Government

and with international partners. Fundamental to these services is supporting

different user groups, data sets, biometric modalities and stakeholder

requirements.Mastek expects significant growth in this contract, as the

department plans to deliver various vital and complex upgrades to the BSG and

NDNAD systems over the coming few years.

Abhishek

Singhh, President UKI & Europe, Mastek, said, This milestone deepens

our partnership with the Home Office and reflects sustained confidence in

Mastek’s deep domain knowledge in biometrics integration systems, DNA search

and match technologies and advanced engineering capabilities. We look forward

to operating secure, compliant, and resilient services for the Home Office 24x7

at a national scale, enabling collaboration across departments, with Europe and

internationally. We thank the Home Office for creating an excellent environment

for supplier collaboration and delivery with our teams, who anchor Mastek’s

role as a trusted partner to the UK Public Sector.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi